The Northside Independent School District will hold a public meeting at 7:00 PM, August 23, 2011 in the Board Room, Central Administration Office Building, 5900 Evers Road, San Antonio, Texas 78238. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the school district’s budget that will determine the tax rate that will be adopted. Public participation in the discussion is invited.

Northside ISD is enforcing its "No Shots, No School" policy, which means students who are not up-to-date on their immunizations will not be allowed to attend classes when the 2011-12 school year begins Aug. 22.

As Northside ISD gets ready to fire up the air conditioning chillers and turn on the lights in 112 schools, the possibility of rolling electrical brownouts in neighborhoods throughout San Antonio presents real problems. NISD and other school districts met with CPS Energy recently to talk about the brownouts and their impact on schools.

Northside School District will again participate in the National School Lunch Program which provides free and reduced-price meals for students from households with qualifying incomes. Households interested must apply every school year for the meal program.

Northside School District will again participate in the National School Lunch Program which provides free and reduced-price meals for students from households with qualifying incomes. Households interested must apply every school year for the meal program.

For the fourth consecutive year, and the seventh time out of the last nine years, Northside ISD is a Texas Education Agency“Recognized” school district, according to the Accountability Report issued by TEA on Friday, July 29, 2011.

Wondering when bus schedules are announced, what supplies your child needs, or where to register your child for school? All those questions and more are answered on Northside ISD’s Back to School website.

Northside ISD is enforcing its "No Shots, No School" policy, which means students who are not up-to-date on their immunizations will not be allowed to attend classes when the 2011-12 school year begins Aug. 22.

Effective July 2011, there is a new Federal Requirement to raise student paid pricing. In complying with this mandate, NISD will raise student paid pricing by the smallest increase allowed, $.05 cents per student lunch meal. This is a requirement of Federal Law; NISD did not want to increase pricing.

Bennie Cole, the first new NISD Trustee since 2005, was sworn into office Tuesday night. Cole replaces District 2 Trustee Annie Holmes, who decided not to run for re-election after serving two terms on the Board.

When the last bell for the 2010-11 school year rings on June 2, classes may be over, but that doesn’t mean the learning stops. Summer School is a time to catch up in your studies, learn something new, or try to get ahead

If you've been watching television lately, you've seen a couple of very prominent Texans making a stand for public education. Tommy Lee Jones, actor; Ed Whitacre, former CEO of General Motors and AT&T; and Spurs players Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili have all filmed commercials for Raise Your Hand Texas, a nonprofit organization that advocates for public education.